https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/Connecting-quot-remotely-quot-instead-of-using-localhost/m-p/511953#M143559 <P>I want to test an HEC script that is hosted remotely by pointing it to the Splunk instance at my desk.</P><P>Up to this point the script was also on my machine, so I would point the HEC to localhost:8088 and that would be that. &nbsp;</P><P>Now that the script lives remotely, how do I tell Splunk to send it back to my machine? &nbsp;I tried substituting my IP address for localhost, but I got a connection refused error in Python.</P><P>Am I skipping some steps?</P><P>Thanks</P> Fri, 31 Jul 2020 16:38:46 GMT chris94089 2020-07-31T16:38:46Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/Connecting-quot-remotely-quot-instead-of-using-localhost/m-p/511953#M143559 <P>I want to test an HEC script that is hosted remotely by pointing it to the Splunk instance at my desk.</P><P>Up to this point the script was also on my machine, so I would point the HEC to localhost:8088 and that would be that. &nbsp;</P><P>Now that the script lives remotely, how do I tell Splunk to send it back to my machine? &nbsp;I tried substituting my IP address for localhost, but I got a connection refused error in Python.</P><P>Am I skipping some steps?</P><P>Thanks</P> Fri, 31 Jul 2020 16:38:46 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/Connecting-quot-remotely-quot-instead-of-using-localhost/m-p/511953#M143559 chris94089 2020-07-31T16:38:46Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/Connecting-quot-remotely-quot-instead-of-using-localhost/m-p/511957#M143562 Make sure the firewall on your machine accepts connections to port 8088. Fri, 31 Jul 2020 16:52:23 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/Connecting-quot-remotely-quot-instead-of-using-localhost/m-p/511957#M143562 richgalloway 2020-07-31T16:52:23Z